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Fraser Lewry

Video: Geddy Lee tugs heartstrings with stirring baseball narration

Geddy Lee throwing a baseball

Ten years ago, Rush legend Geddy Lee threw the ceremonial first pitch before the Toronto Blue Jays took on the Cleveland Indians in the opening game of the 2013 season. Now the bassist – who can regularly be seen sitting behind home plate at Blue Jays games at the Rogers Centre in downtown Toronto – has recited a poem that captures all the romance of America's national pastime.

For this this year's season opening home game, which saw The Blue Jays take on the Detroit Tigers in MLB's American League, Lee hooked up with Canadian broadcaster Sportsnet for a promotional video. As Rush's 1977 classic Closer To The Heart plays, Lee solemnly reads the poem, apparently titled Our House, Our Home. 

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